Residents of a Montreal suburb have been advised by a Canadian Jewish Congress Committee to seek a court test of a refusal to allow a Jewish candidate to seek election to the Protestant School Commission, the Congress disclosed today. Most Jewish children attend the Protestant schools.
A group of the residents met with the Committee on the Position of the Jews in the Educational System in the Province of Quebec. The residents contended that for the purposes of education, Jews are considered Protestants and that, as such, should be eligible for office in the school administration. The legal implications were discussed, and the group was counseled to proceed with a court test of the election. They were assured help from the Canadian Jewish Congress.
The entire question of primary education for Jewish children in Quebec was discussed at a meeting of an Eastern Region Canadian Jewish Congress committee with the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal.
The discussion was based on the Jewish group’s feeling that, before a presentation was made to a Royal Commission set up to examine all phases of education in Quebec, an informal talk should be held with the Montreal Protestant School Board on various aspects in which the Jewish community is interested. These include religious teaching in the Protestant schools, procedures of exemption of Jewish pupils from such teaching, and related matters.
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